"Where are we now?" DeWitt asked Claremont breathlessly, looking around at the surrounding scenery.
"Gilbert took us a short cut, probably halfway there." Claremont replied looking at the map.
"So fast?" DeWitt was a little surprised.
Claremont said helplessly: "In order to keep up with his speed, we also improved a lot."
"Fortunately, under his leadership, we have traveled more than half of the distance today. Otherwise, the soldiers' physical strength would not be able to keep up with him." DeWitt said after taking a deep breath.
"Well." Claremont nodded: "But after the order to rest just now, I haven't seen Gilbert much, what about others?"
"Maybe go back to Austin and stay with him." DeWitt speculated.
Sure enough, after a while, Austin brought Claremont into their field of vision.
Austin is helping everyone set up the tent, while Gilbert is quietly following him.
"Go sit and rest under the shade of the tree." Austin said to Gilbert.
Gilbert shook his head calmly.
This is the third time that Austin has persuaded him to go back to rest, but they all ended in failure.
"Hey!" A tall and strong soldier walked towards the two of them and greeted them with a bright expression, "Gilbert."
Gilbert looked up at him, then looked away without saying anything.
"My name is Brian. I'm the captain of the fifth squadron in this army." The soldier introduced himself without being discouraged: "You ran very fast today." Then he stretched out his right hand to touch the luck Burt's head.
Gilbert took a step back, avoiding his gesture. He gave him a cold look.
Brian withdrew his hand resentfully, and smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I offended."
Seeing this, Austin hurriedly protected Gilbert behind him, and smoothed things over with a smile: "Captain Brian, I'm sorry. This little guy is a bit cynical. Don't worry about it."
"Of course not." Brian raised his head and said, "I just want to try to get to know him. After all, his performance today is really great."
"Haha." Austin said with a smile: "He will follow us until he returns to his hometown in the future. People who meet often, there is no reason why they are not familiar."
"You're right, I will often come to see him in the future." Brian nodded. After greeting Gilbert with a smile and waving, they returned to their own team.
"I don't want to know him." A small voice came from behind Austin.
Austin breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and squatted down, and told Gilbert carefully: "In the human world, whether you like it or not, it is very important to be polite. In the future, when others come to talk to you, you can't be like today Put on a straight face."
"Yes." Gilbert stared at Austin's eyes for a while, then nodded in agreement.
"Really sensible." A smile rose on Austin's face again: "If you smile at others, they will smile at you too, and they won't embarrass you. Isn't that good?"
Gilbert pursed his lips and said nothing.
The camp was built quickly, because Gilbert ran too hard today when he led the way, so after everyone settled down, it was already very late. In order to prepare dinner, the cook stayed in front of the stove at the back of the camp and did not show up.
There was very little smoke, and the soldiers ate today's dinner at ten o'clock in the evening.
"It's great that I didn't meet the Snake Girl when I crossed this plateau this time." Claremont said to Abel after taking a sip of the soup in the bowl.
"What? Are you afraid of them?" Abel asked with a smile.
"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that when I think of their heads and tails, I get goosebumps on my arms." Claremont kept his arms and said with a contorted expression: "Don't you think so?"
"Huh? I don't think so." Abel shrugged and said.
"Huh~" Claremont looked at Abel incomprehensibly and said.
Under the care of Austin, Gilbert sat on a small bed in the tent, eating the porridge in the bowl bit by bit.
"I won't eat." Gilbert raised his head and said to Austin.
Austin widened his eyes and said, "Why do you eat so little? Have a few more sips."
"Full." Gilbert said, pointing to his bulging belly.
"I don't remember your usual appetite being so small." Austin wondered, "Is this vegetable porridge not to your liking? I'll go to the back kitchen to see if there is anything else to eat."
After speaking, Austin stood up, put the porridge bowl on the table, turned and walked towards the back kitchen.
After watching him leave, Gilbert got out of bed and put on the bigger shoes that Austiner had given him. Slowly walked out of the tent. Avoiding the place where the soldiers gathered, they turned over from the fence of the camp.
"Come out." Gilbert stood on the loess-filled plain and called to the night.
"Shhhhhhhh—" Something passed through the grass and approached.
"You killed half of our Snake Clan, and you still dare to come here." A cold voice reached Gilbert's ear.
"I killed them because they wanted to kill me." Gilbert said with a normal expression: "The human and elf soldiers in this camp are not easy to mess with. As long as I tell them that the current snake woman has been seriously injured , maybe you can’t even defend your own hometown. How dare you lie in ambush here, preparing for a night attack. Who gave you the courage!”
After the last sentence was spoken, the spiritual power in Gilbert's body gathered in the palm of his hand, and his five fingers suddenly became sharp.
"Stop scaring us." A snake girl said in a sharp voice: "The news that this army is going to the volcano has spread all over the island. How many catties and taels do you think we don't know?"
"Oh?" Gilbert chuckled after hearing this, "Then what do you mean, you want to come and try?"
"Hmph! He is indeed a rebellious goblin bastard." A snake girl sarcastically said, "You speak so arrogantly."
When Gilbert heard the word 'bastard', the corners of his mouth froze for a moment. After taking a deep breath, he said to the snake girls: "Anyway, if you want to besiege here today, you have to pass my test first. I advise you to do so first." It’s good to weigh your own weight and come again.”
The Snake Girl and her team showed a trace of flinching after seeing the spiritual power surging from Gilbert's body.
But as long as the leader doesn't speak, they can't back down.
The snake girl squinted her eyes and said: "You may be the first goblin who can protect humans like this."
(end of this chapter)